Checking tag



Nw. 26, 1935. y BENDER ETAL 2,022,269

GHECKING TAG Filed Jan. 19, 1935 INVNToRs TORNEYS.

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Patented Nov. 26, 1935 UNITED STATES apaga CHECKING TAG Charles Bender and Tex I-Ianon, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application January 19, 1935, serial No 2,490

2 Claims. (Cl. 40-20) The invention relates to tags used on articles which are checked for a period of time at a parking space, check room, or similar place. The invention has for its main object to provideV a tag which may be secured on any article and which will not readily be accidentally displaced. A iurther object is to provide a tag which can not be re-used after once having been attached to an article. A further object is to provide a tag of extremely simple and inexpensive construction which can be attached to the article with a minimum expenditure of labor and time.

These and various other objects and advantages Will be readily understood from the following description and from the accompanying drawing of preferred embodiments of the invention, in which, however, modifications may be made'without departing from the scope of the appended claims. VIn the drawing Fig. 1 is a plan view of a tag made in accordance with the invention,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same tag applied to an article which has been checked,

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a slightly modified form of the tag,

Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the tags shown in Fig. 3 applied to an article,

Fig. 5 is a front view of a modication of the tag, and

Fig. 6 is another front view of the tag shown at Fig. 5 applied to an article.

Referring rst to Fig. l, the checking tag consists of' a long strip of' cardboard or other material III on one end of which a ticket I I is printed and in the other end of which a slit I2 is formed. The strip is perforated, as shown at I3, so that the ticket II may readily be severed from the strip, leaving a long tongue I4 at the end of the strip. The strip is imprinted with two similar numerals I5, one numeral being printed on the ticket and the other at the end of the strip close to the slit I2.

The tag just described is particularly wel adapted for checking automobiles. When a car is to be checked, the ticket II is severed from the strip and given to the owner of the car. The rest of the strip is then placed around any object on the car, such as for example the hand wheel I6, shown in Fig. 2. The tongue II is pushed through the slit I2 and a staple I1 is clinched through the tongue and the other end of the strip, as plainly shown in Fig. 2.

The staple is applied by a stapling punch carried by the party in charge of the checking. It will be noted that the only way the tag can now vby tearing the perforations22.

be removed is by severing the small uncut portions I8 and I9 at each end of the slit I2. Thus, to remove the tag it must be destroyed.

Figs. 3 and 4. show a similar stripwhich consists of two tags 26 and 2| which can be severed 5 Each of the tags is provided with a ticket 23, which may be severed from the tag itself on the perforated line 2li, and each of the tags is provided with a slit 25. When this tag is attached to an article, as shown 10 in Fig. 4, the ticket is removed and given to the owner of the article, while the tag itself is attached by winding the tongue around the article and pushing it through the slit 25. After the staple 26 has been clinched through the end of 15 the tongue and the end of the tag, the tag can only be removed by severing the uncut portions 2l and 28.

Figs. 5 and 6 show a somewhat modified tag 29. This is supplied with a ticket 30 which may 20 bersevered from the tag on the perforated line 3l, and with a circular opening 32 which is punched in the tag. A slit 33 is cut from the opening 32 to the end of the tag, while two lateral slits 34 and 35 are made from the opening and 25 to a short distance from the edges of the tag. This tag is particularly suitable for use 4on the handle of a door of an automobile.

After the ticket has been given to the owner, the tag is placed back of the handle 36 by push- 30 ing the slit 33 over it until the round hole lits over the back of the handle. The lower ends of the tag are now pushed together, as shown in Fig. 6, and a staple 3l clinched through both of these ends, as shown. In this case the uncut portions 38 and 39 must be severed before the tag can be removed.

It will be noticed that notonly is this tag cheap to make and easy to apply, but that, inasmuch as it cannot be used a second time, it is an 40 effective check on the operator to prevent second use of the ticket and the consequent pocketing of fees.

While I have shown the tags as used in combination with an automobile, it is evident that they may be used for checking other articles of various kinds. I do not therefore wish to limit the tag to any particular use. It is evident that advertising matter of various kind may be placed on the tags. Likewise the tags may be made of any suitable material and of any suitable size.

Having described our invention and its objects, what we claim as new and wish to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A checking tag of the class described comprisinga strip of material having a ticket imprinted adjacent to one end and along one edge thereof, a plurality of perforations made in the strip to enable the ticket to be severed from the strip, similar numerals imprinted on said ticket and on said strip, a slit formed in the opposite end of the strip, a tongue formed by the severance of the ticket and insertable through said slit after the strip has been folded around the object to which it is to be attached, and means for securing the overlapping ends together.

2, A checking tag of the class described comprising a strip of material having a ticket imprinted adjacent to one end and along one edge thereof, a plurality of perforations made in the strip to enable the ticket to be severed from the strip, a slit formed in the opposite end of the strip, a. tongue formed by the severance of the ticket and insertable through said slit after the strip has been folded around the object to which it is to be attached, and means for securing the overlapping ends together.

CHARLES BENDER.

TEX HANON. 

